Collocations withdelusion
These are words often used in combination withdelusion.
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dangerous delusion
Surely that is now shown to be a dangerous delusion.
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delusions of grandeur
There is also a common theme here: delusions of grandeur.
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delusions of persecution
They were also significantly more likely to experience various delusions, including delusions of persecution and influence, and auditory hallucinations.
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paranoid delusion
We are told that residents are suffering from a paranoid delusion and fear something that does not exist, but it does exist.
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persecutory delusion
It was hypothesized that safety behaviours contribute to the persistence of persecutory delusions by preventing disconfirmation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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